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Kempton Bunton (1900–1976) was a disabled British pensioner who apparently stole Francisco Goya's painting ''Portrait of the Duke of Wellington'' from the National Gallery in London in 1961.〔(Greatest heists in art history ), BBC, 23 August 2004.〕〔Antonio Nicita and Matteo Rizzolli, "Screaming Too Mu(n)ch? The economics of art thefts", 18th Erfurt workshop on Law and Economics held on March 23 and 24, 2005.〕 A National Archive file released in 2012 revealed that Kempton's son, John, had confessed to the theft in 1969. ==The motive== Bunton was a retired bus driver who earned £8 a week in 1961.〔Sean P. Steele, "Swindles, Stickups, and Robberies", pp 74-78. ISBN 1-85627-706-2.〕 In that year, Charles Wrightsman, a rich American art collector who made his money in the oil business, purchased Goya's painting ''Portrait of the Duke of Wellington'' for the sum of £140,000 ($390,000). He had plans to take it to the United States.〔(World's Greatest Art Heists ), Forbes, September 1, 2006.〕 The British Government decided to buy the painting for a sum of £140,000 to keep the painting on British soil. However, this move is reported to have enraged Bunton, who was embittered at having to pay the Television licence fee from his modest income.〔
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